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How we are funded

IPPR is an independent registered charity, and our work would not be possible without the support offered to us by a wide range of funders, including charitable trusts, foundations, businesses, unions, voluntary sector organisations, local government and national government departments. We never accept money from political parties.

IPPR recognises that there is a public interest in the funding of thinktanks, and we are committed to increasing transparency in this area. Every year, we publish our annual report, which outlines how our funds are raised and spent. Who Funds You? has awarded IPPR its top transparency rating of 'A', and Transparify has awarded IPPR its four-star 'broadly transparent' rating.

In the below chart we show the proportion of funding that we received from different sources during 2015.

We are extremely grateful for the generous support of all our supporters. They are listed below in funding bands.

Less than £1,000

Beth Johnson Foundation

RIBA

Core Cities

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

West Midlands Fire Service

EEFoundation

Global Diversity Exchange (YNG 701)

Carnegie UK Trust

Axel and Margaret Ax:Son Johnson Foundation

Mears Group Plc

SAGE Publications Ltd

£1,001–£5,000

Financial Times

Cross Sector Leadership Exchange Community

Prudential

Digital UK

Radiocentre

New Statesman

Canadian High Commission

Ward Hadaway

NASUWT

Lee Bolton Monier-Williams

ITV PLC

PACT Producers Alliance for Cinema & Television

SSAT

Beijing University of Civil Engineering & Architecture

PolicyBristol

Infinis Energy Services Ltd

North East Chamber of Commerce

European Commission

Donald Peck

NESTA (The National Endowment for Science, Techn & the Arts)

Dixons Trinity Academy

Islington Council

Lampton School

Oasis Academy South Bank

Peabody Trust

Poplar Harca

Reach Academy Feltham

Tempus Energy

The London Academy

Uber

White Young Green (WYG)

£5,001–£10,000

The Health Foundation

Justlife

Stepchange

Aston University

Canada-UK Foundation

Catalyst Housing

Local Government Association

Royal Town Planning Institute

BBC

British Gas

Centrica

Gatwick Airport Ltd

Heathrow

Interserve

MBDA

Nissan

HSBC Holdings PLC HGHQ

Keolis

Steve Morrison

The Clipper Trust

Trade Union Congress

University of Edinburgh

£10,001–£15,000

Willis Group

Center for American Progress

ABI

BP

BT

British Venture Capital Association

Manchester Society of Chartered Accountants

Microsoft

Shell

FES London

EDGE FOUNDATION

The Hollick Family Charitable Trust

TSB

Google UK Ltd

Gatsby Foundation

£15,001–£20,000

NASUWT

Orbit

Honeywell Hometown Solutions

Berkeley Group

County Councils Network

FTI Consulting

Open Society Foundation

Tata Consultancy Services

Lord Sainsbury

We Are Here Now

£20,001–£25,000

City of London Corporation

HCT Group

Newcastle City Council

Resolution Foundation

JP Morgan

Bloomberg

Zing

£25,001–£30,000

Barrow Cadbury Trust

Aviva

KPMG

The Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts

Esmee Fairbairn Foundation

£30,001–£40,000

Friends Provident Foundation

Stiftung Open Society Institute

John Lyons Charity

Millfield House

Unbound Philanthropy

£40,001–£50,000

Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust

European Climate Foundation

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

£50,001–£60,000

Sir Trevor Chinn

The Hadley Trust

Nuffield Foundation

£60,000–£80,000

Oak Foundation

Garfield Weston Foundation

£800,000–£850,000

JP Morgan Chase Foundation

£1,500,000–£1,700,000

Department of Health (funding for the Think Ahead programme, incubated at IPPR between May 2014 – July 2016)